Tagged: nu-metal

Far from being a spent force, the newfound creative spirit that underpins the band’s latest album fuels a similarly innovative performance and there’s a connection between fan and band that is impossible to fake.

Perhaps history will see me on the wrong side of the argument and the band will turn their back upon their newfound sound in the coming months or years, but I would far rather listen to a group of musicians who follow their muse, even at the expense of an established fan-base, than pay tribute to a band who play it safe on every record. 8

With standout performances from all involved, a number of genuine floor-fillers and a dark edge to the lyrics that makes for a genuinely compelling listen, ‘Serenity in suffering’ is a bright, bold explosion of an album.

Overall this is a more than welcome return to action from one of nu-metal’s hardest hitters and, should the band decide to leave it here, it is a far more fitting epitaph than the quiet dissolution that took place in 2003.